Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor was a general of the United States. Taylor commanded the US Dragoons, a primarily-cavalry unit of the US Army that was stationed in northern Florida. In 1836 he fought against Mexico in the Texas War of Independence, during which America's intervention saved the Republic of Texas.

Biography
Thomas Taylor was a general of the United States. Taylor was a veteran of the Second Seminole War of 1835-1842, during which he commanded the US Dragoons against the Seminoles (remnants of Creeks and other American Indian tribes and escaped slaves/freedmen that fled to Florida). In 1836, when the USA began its intervention in the Texas War of Independence, Taylor was dispatched with the US Dragoons to assist the Texans in their war of independence against Mexico. Taylor and Sam Houston were victorious at the Second Battle of San Antonio on 17 October 1836, and a year later, Texas gained independence from Mexico and applied for US statehood.